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Transmission of hepatitis C virus: self-limiting hepatitis or chronic hepatitis?
World journal of gastroenterology - 7 Nov 2013
Saito Takafumi, Ueno Yoshiyuki
Abstract excerpt
It has been suggested that hepatitis C virus (HCV) is selectively transmitted to a new host as an infectious clone from multiple HCV variants (quasispecies) in the donor. Most individuals with HCV infection develop chronic hepatitis, but approximately 15%-40% of them clear the virus spontaneously and the hepatitis is resolved in a self-limiting manner in the acute phase of infection. This difference in the...
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